97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

1:30 PM

COS 8-1

Experimental separation of genetic and demographic factors on extinction risk in free-living populations of an exploited species
J. Timothy Wootton, University of Chicago; Catherine A. Pfister, University of Chicago

1:50 PM

COS 8-2

Field investigations of grass-specific herbicides on at-risk butterflies: Demography and behavior in Pacific Northwest Prairies
Cheryl B. Schultz, Washington State University Vancouver; Caitlin LaBar, Washington State University Vancouver; Michelle Collins, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Field Office; Elizabeth Materna, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Field Office; Jock Beall, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Willamette Valley Refuges

2:10 PM

COS 8-3

Land conservation and reintroduction strategies alleviate urbanization and climate change impacts on a rare shrub species
Timothy C. Bonebrake, The University of Hong Kong; Alexandra D. Syphard, Conservation Biology Institute; Helen M. Regan, University of California Riverside; Janet Franklin, Arizona State University; Kurt E. Anderson, University of California, Riverside

2:30 PM Cancelled

COS 8-4

Applying captive ecotoxicological studies using surrogates to managing at-risk species in the field
Tyler L. Hicks, Washington State University - Vancouver; Cheryl B. Schultz, Washington State University Vancouver

2:50 PM

COS 8-5

Indices of population viability
Michael A. McCarthy, The University of Melbourne; Alana L. Moore, The University of Melbourne; Jochen Krauss, University of Würzburg; John W. Morgan, La Trobe University

3:10 PM

COS 8-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 8-6

Increased abundance and ecological implications of plastic microdebris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Miriam C. Goldstein, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego; Marci Rosenberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego; Lanna Cheng, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

3:40 PM

COS 8-7

Reconstructing the decline and extinction of the passenger pigeon in a spatially explicit and temporally dynamic modeling framework
Jessica C. Stanton, Stony Brook University

4:00 PM

COS 8-8

Conservation genetics of Chinook salmon in the Central Valley, CA and implications for the reintroduction of a currently extinct population
Mariah H. Meek, University of California-Davis; Molly R. Stephens, University of California-Davis; Melinda R. Baerwald, University of California-Davis; Kat M. Tomalty, University of California-Davis; Bernie May, University of California-Davis

4:20 PM

COS 8-9

Exploring population level herbivore effects on an endangered terrestrial orchid
Carissa L. Wonkka, Texas A&M University; William E. Rogers, Texas A&M University; Dirac Twidwell, University of Nebraska; Fred E. Smeins, Texas A&M University; Masami Fujiwara, Texas A&M University

4:40 PM

COS 8-10

Road undercrossing use across structure sizes by a Pacific Northwest wildlife community
Leslie L. Bliss-Ketchum, Portland State University; Catherine E. de Rivera, Portland State University; Kerry Rappold, City of Wilsonville

COS 8 - Conservation Ecology